Part 17! Some shit's bout to go DOWN peepz! XD. Ahh, this and the next chapter are probably going to be my faves! Finally some action. This is going to be a LONG, DESCRIPTIVE chapter. It's just basically a fight between Gaara vs Deidara (full detail from Anime) so I suggest you skip the parts where Deidara starts fighting because it's just gonna be all from the Anime if you hate repeats. Have fun reading!
"You three are to capture the Shukaku. The jinchūriki is the Kazekage, Gaara. You are to leave at once, after you're done packing that is. I've already informed Deidara. He told you guys to meet him outside the Akatsuki base when you were done." Konan informed.
"Hai." our voices blended together."
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Hoshi
I packed some food and water and my usual weapons. The trip to Sunagakure was going to be long...As I went outside, Sasori-san was back in Hiruko. He wore the straw hat, and so did Deidara. I placed the straw hat on top of my natural black hair. It was too big for me and covered half of my face.
"Yo, un!" Deidara smiled.
I smiled back at him. And our long walk to Sunagakure began...I had brought my sketchpad along with me, just in case I get bored during the ride there. I expected Deidara to make a clay bird so we can all ride on it. But sadly, Sasori-san intervened with the plan. Apparently he doesn't like flying on Deidara's "stupid creations". Soon we reached the desert. I sighed, bored out of my mind. I took out my sketchpad and pencil, trying to sketch. But whenever I tried, a gust of wind always blew and ruined my sketch. I soon got irritated and cursed at the wind under my breath. Deidara looked over and saw my sketchpad.
"What've you got there, hm?" he walked closer to me to get a better look.
"A fucked up sketch that the wind oh so hates?" I sighed irritably.
"Can I see, hm?" Deidara asked.
A blush rose to my cheeks. He'd see the portraits I drew of the Akatsuki! And mostly, Sasori-san...
"Oi, you're blushing, un!" laughed Deidara.
Now it was time for Sasori-san to look over. I glared at Deidara.
"Shut up!" I exclaimed.
It took a moment for him to reply, but when he did, I was glad that he dropped the subject.
"Oi! You're human again, un?" Deidara asked.
"No, I'ma freakin' wooden puppet that can defy all logic and 'blush'." I glared.
Deidara and I argued and talked until nightfall. Honestly, it was entertaining, seeing as how there was nothing else to do. Though Sasori-san seemed to be irritated. Oh right, I forgot that he liked silence. My bad...I hope I didn't anger him too much. After all, an angry Sasori is a bad Sasori.
"Hoshi, un. Are you tired yet?" Deidara asked.
I pondered for a bit, "Not really."
"We'll be traveling nonstop until we're halfway there, hm. Think you can manage that, un?"
"I guess. I'm not a ninja for nothin' ya know." I grinned.
Even though I wasn't tired, I was bored. Out. Of. My. Mind. And there was nothing I could do but walk. I then asked Deidara if I could sit on one of his clay birds to draw. He agreed and made one for me. The first few hours, I drew Hiruko and Deidara walking in the desert. Soon that became repetitive so I decided to draw things that popped up in mind. I soon developed a craving for Ponta (1) and drew that. Deidara was curious about what I kept drawing, so when I set my sketchpad down to rub my sore hand, he snatched it.
"Oi!" I growled.
Deidara waved it in the air just out of my reach.
"Give that back!" I yelled at him.
"Why're you so defensive on it, un?" he smirked, "Got anything...secretive in here?"
Deidara opened the first page of the cover slowly so that he could taunt me some more. I growled and leaned to the edge of the bird, extending my arm to reach my sketchpad. Instead, what happened next caught me off guard. I had inched a little too close off the edge of the clay bird and I almost fell off the thing. Just when I was about to fall flat on my face, Sasori-san caught me with Hiruko. My face heated up, no matter how hard I tried to hide the blush. Deidara raised an eyebrow at my reaction. My face was a little too close for comfort next to Sasori-san's, even if he was just in Hiruko, making my face heat up even more. Deidara exchanged looked from me, to Sasori-san, to my sketchpad, and back.
"A-arigatou (2) Sasori-san." I muttered under my breath.
"Hn," Sasori-san grunted.
"Don't turn into Itachi on us, un." Deidara rolled his eyes.
I tugged on Sasori-san's cloak, signaling that I wanted to be let down. Sasori-san gently placed me on the ground. I looked over at Deidara, wanting to snatch back my sketchpad until my face got drained of its color. He already opened it...and was now looking at every single page...
"DEIDARA!" rang my voice.
Deidara looked up from my sketchpad, face innocent, "Un?"
"Don't play innocent..." I hissed.
"What do you mean, un?" he still had that dumbfounded look on his face.
I face-palmed, sighing, "Never mind..."
I was too embarrassed than mad anyway. I'll let him off the hook. Just this once. After that, it was total silence. Deidara just kept staring at me and Sasori-san. It was, to say the least, uncomfortable...I guess he knew now. Why Kami-sama...why...
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A few days flew by and we've been walking through this scorching desert that seemed to have no end. We were halfway to our destination now and just like Deidara said, we've taken a break. We set up camp in a cave that we found. Just in case if there were any sand storms we'd be safe from harm. Sasori decided to be the night watcher since he couldn't sleep. I chose to sleep beside a rock that was close to the campfire we set. As soon as I closed my eyes, I was in LaLa Land.
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Deidara
I watched Sasori-no-danna sit guard near the entrance of the cave. He seemed to be staring out in the distance, thinking of something. I looked over at Hoshi, and when I was sure that she was asleep, I crawled over to sit beside Sasori-no-danna.
"Ne, Sasori-no-danna?"
"What is it, brat?" the deep husky voice responded.
"Do you think that Hoshi has taken a liking to you, un?" I asked.
He grunted, "What makes you think that?"
"I saw her sketchpad, un. More than half of it was filled with your protraits, hm." I replied.
"Really now?" Sasori-no-danna sounded bored.
I smirked at my next question, "Do you?"
"Do I what?" he avoided the question.
"Do you like her too?" and my smirk grew.
"Get to sleep, brat." he scowled.
My smirk was still on my face as I crawled back to where the campfire was. I curled up beside it and grinned, for I knew the answer to my question: Yes.
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"Oi, brat. Wake up."
Sunlight had washed all over my face. My eyes slowly fluttered open. I rubbed my eyes of their drowsiness. Slowly my blurred vision cleared, revealing Hiruko standing over me. I slowly sat up and looked at Hoshi. Still asleep. I crawled over to her side, shaking her shoulders lightly.
"Oi Hoshi, un. Wake up before Sasori-no-danna gets impatient, un."
"Mmm..." she murmured something incoherent.
I shook her again. Same response. Sasori-no-danna was getting impatient. Very impatient.
"Get up or I'll throw cold water in your face." he barked.
Instantly she awoke and sat straight up, "I'm up! I'm up!"
I laughed at her and she glared at me, which just made me laugh even more.
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After what seemed like days (which it actually was), the sight of Sunagakure finally appeared. I outwardly sighed a loud sigh of relief.
"Finally, un!" I grinned.
"Shut up brat. You'll alert the whole Sunagakure to attack us." Sasori-no-danna scolded.
The plan was for us to sneak into the village unnoticed (thanks to Sasori-no-danna's many slaves (3)) and I battle the Kazekage while Sasori-no-danna and Hoshi stayed outside of the gates. I hoped that the Kazekage would put up a good fight. It'd be such a disappointment if he only lasted a few mere minutes. As we approached the gates, Sasori-no-danna's slave had appeared and let me in the village. I created my clay bird and flew into the air. By the time I reached near my destination, the sun had already been setting. Using my scope, I counted three guards watching the skies. Reaching into my sack, I pulled out three small clay spiders. Heh, the sun had set. It was already night time. Sasori-no-danna wasn't going to be pleased...I threw the spiders down, did a hand sign, and they came to life. They had landed swiftly on the buildings right behind the three sky guards. Very swiftly, they crawled onto the guard's faces. I grinned, finally having the chance to show case my art. I did my signature hand sign.
BOOM!
Ahh...what a beautiful sound that is...With the guards eliminated, I controlled my clay bird to head straight towards the building where the Kazekage's office was. I jumped off the bird, landing on the balcony.
"Infiltration: Successful, un." I stated.
I grinned at how this was all too easy. Whoops. Looks like I spoke too soon. The Kazekage seemed to have appeared in front of me. Finally, some action. I reached into my sack, smirking. The Kazekage's eyes widened a bit, then he controlled his sand to quickly whip at me, afraid of what I was up to. I was too quick for him though, and jumped onto my clay bird that still hovered in the sky. The sand hastily chased after me. My hand-mouth quickly got to work, chewing on the clay that I had grabbed when I reached for my pouch. Soon the sand grew quicker and quicker, about to catch up. I growled and tried to form a way to get rid of the sand. Right when the sand was about to stab right through me, my bird turned upside down and shot back to where our previous direction was. The Kazekage got tricked, but he quickly manipulated the sand to tail me again. I headed right for the ground and just when I was about to meet with the pavement, my bird turned 90 degrees and we were flying just barely above the ground. The sand collided with the pavement, but was still following. I made a turn, the sand followed me. I looked at my hand-mouth, it was almost done chewing.
"Almost there." I stated.
My plan to stall for time is working. I turned to look ahead of me and gasped. There seemed to be another trail of sand in front of me. My bird accelerated and shot for the sky. Soon there were three trails of sand following behind me. They looked like the Kraken's tentacles. Soon their ends sharpened and they looked like long, curved spears. For some reason, the Kazekage withdrew the sand's chase after me. They surrounded him.
"He's pretty good." I had to admit.
It seemed that he was planning another approach. Pillars of sand erupted from the village, facing upward. After awhile, they formed together and began a huge tsunami of sand, looming over the village and threatening to engulf me.
"As expected, he has the advantage. This could get ugly."
A giant demon claw made of sand reached out to grab me, though I maneuvered my clay bird to get out of the way. My left hand reached into another pouch full with clay. My right one was almost done. After a few seconds, they finished and I molded the clay into six tiny little birds. When the demon sand claw reached out to grab me, I flew passed it. It began to chase me once again.
"Now the real show's about to start, hm."
When the demon sand claw reached to follow me once again, I threw the clay birds in my right hand at it. They exploded right at the sides of the demon sand claw's "arm". It didn't seem to be fazed though. Two more explosions went off in various places. I flew closer to the Kazekage and chuckled darkly.
"There!" I shouted, throwing three more clay birds at him.
A new demon sand claw reached out to crush them, but one of them flew into its "arm" and exploded. The demon sand claw broke apart and fell off while the other two exploded in two of the pillars of sand. Gaara seemed to be thinking. Probably analyzing my abilities. I plunged both my hands into the two pouches of clay, the hand-mouths chewing its contents. From the look in his eyes, I figured he's figured everything out. Again the demon sand claw tried to crush me. Before it could I had escaped once again, just in time for both my hand-mouths to finish my creation. A strange new bird appeared on each of my palms. I flung it at the demon sand claw and they transformed into bigger versions, both flying and flapping their wings. From their wing design, you could tell that these were faster than the first birds I used. I made a hand sign, preparing. The bird circled around the demon sand claw's fingers and down its "arm", aiming for the Kazekage himself.
He seemed to have noticed and tried to make the additional sand smack them out of the sky. He should've noticed what I was doing. Sadly he didn't. I held the hand sign closed to my chin.
"Katsu!" I yelled.
And just like that, the bids exploded, forming a whole explosion of smoke.
"Gaara!" I heard another person yell from the sidelines.
When the smoke cleared, it revealed that the Kazekage had formed a sphere made of sand, with him inside. To allow him the ability to see, there was this eyeball that floated next to the sphere.
"Exactly like an eggshell protecting the yolk. Still, it's amazing that he was able to block that attack, hm." I thought.
I was too busy thinking about it that I didn't notice sand rising from behind me until it formed a shadow over my head. I looked up, oh shit. The thing was like an enlarged demon sand claw, except this time it was about to swallow me whole.
"Desert Prison!" exclaimed Gaara.
"This is dangerous...,hm."
I was trying to move my bird as fast as I can to escape the demon sand claw from engulfing me. Turns out I wasn't fast enough and the claws closed, making me crash into them. The sand wrapped around me and my clay bird. The sand formed into a sphere.
"Hm!" I did my Katsu hand sign and the edge of the sphere exploded, creating a hole, and a way for me to escape. I fell down, head first. Some sand shot towards me, my eyes widened in shock. It caught me by my foot all the way to my knee and swung me into the air, throwing me towards the sphere where I was a few seconds ago. I grimaced; it opened its claws, like a mouth opening to swallow you up. I then threw some clay at it, making the mouth swallow that instead of me. An owl like bird was also formed and I rode on it instead. The sphere soon shot a trail of sand after me, the "mouth" opened up, forming into some demon paws. Again they chased after me.
"That sand is pissing me off, hm." I frowned in distaste.
That frown's corner soon curled up, turning it into a smirk. As the small trail of sand shot after me first, I turned the bird upside down to reverse directions again. This time the sand paws tried to smack me out of the sky. I whirled around them, escaping their clutches. The small trail of sand was starting to get on my nerves. I did some tricky spirals and curves and turns but it just mimicked them. When I was caught off guard, it encased around my left arm. He slowly reached out his arms. My eyes widened and trembled, afraid of what he was going to do. Slowly the sand crept up my arm and near to the point where it was at my shoulder. My right arm reached from out of the pouch. I directed towards the long trail of sand that led to my arm. I flung out my arm and out came a long clay centipede, wrapping itself a safe distance from my arm around the sand.
"Ha!" I did the Katsu hand sign.
The centipede exploded. No effect. Dammit! Before I had time to react, the Kazekage's outstretched arm's fingers tightly clenched, forming it into a fist.
"Desert Coffin."
The sand painfully squeezed my arm. Blood oozed out of the grains of sand. My bird hurled itself into the city below us. Beads of sweat poured down my face. I tried not to yell out in pain. Instead, I smirked, trying to show him that he couldn't get me to scream in agony and admit that it hurt. As I turned around the corner of a building, I had gotten sick of the sand clenching itself to my left hand. I gritted my teeth and then pulled with all my might at my left arm, severing it. Now that I had gotten rid of the sand, my bird rose up in the sky.
"Not bad, hm."
Is this how Hoshi felt when she had her left arm missing? It was just plain annoying, just having one arm that you could use and move. Suddenly I felt an even more wave of pity for her. But I quickly dismissed that, trying to focus on the matter at hand.
I was disappointed that I lost an arm, but at least he put up a good fight. I see. The sand he used to crush my arm had greater speed and power than regular desert sand. My eyes rolled to his direction, examining him to see what he'd do next. Then my eyes widened. The small trail of sand shot up to try and stab me. I dodged out of the way. I remember!
"Absolute defense." I looked at the sphere, who now had a big gap so that the Kazekage could see through his own eyes.
When the sand couldn't get me, it circled around, waiting for its chance to taste and soak in my blood. That sand was his absolute defense. In short, that hole is from the sand he used to crush my arm. My right arm reached into my pouch again. I let out a slight chuckle. I only had a little bit of clay left. I glared at him while he glared at me. My hand-mouth chewed the clay. The small trial of sand struck down at me like lightning, me barely dodging it. I seriously underestimated him. Again the sand tried and again it failed. This continued on for seven times. My hand-mouth finished, I pulled my creation out, it being perched on my palm.
"Being interrupted from below is gonna kill the fun. Plus..." I looked over at the Kazekage, "I'm sick of looking at your impassive face." I said, being quite frank and honest.
I hurled the sculpture at him. It stopped midway in the sky and grew larger. Much larger. His eyes widened from the sight, realizing what I was planning. It quickly descended into the middle of the village below us. He looked down, glaring and mouth agape. I make my exploding dolls by eating clay with my hands and combining it with my chakra. My 'specialty' contains my highest level of chakra, C-3. Its explosive power is my finest art!
The Chuunin from below were surprised and confused at my finest creation.
"What is that?"
"What the Hell?"
"This is bad! Everyone retreat!"
A dark grin was plastered on my face, "Too late."
I made my signature hand sign, "Un!"
And the clay doll grew a bright yellow light, the explosion covering the whole village. Though the explosion couldn't harm any of it. The Kazekage had covered the whole village with his sand. He was panting, great, I've worn him out. This should be easy.
"Okay, within range." I stated.
He seemed confused as I raised my hand sign near my ear. Then he looked to his left and my clay bird was right next to him. His sand hurriedly reached up to protect him.
"Katsu!"
The explosion went off. Though he managed to cover himself with the sand just in time. Perfect.
"Thought so. That special sand guards you right away, hm." I explained the fact aloud.
Even though he was inside the sand sphere, I could hear him panting.
"But..." I half closed my eyes in amusement, finishing the sentence in my head, "that was part of the plan."
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Gaara
I heavily panted. Dammit, I've wasted too much chakra. I better end this fight fast before I end up losing too much. Just then, I heard a crackling sound of some sort. My eyes widened. What could that be? I stared in front of me, eyes widening again. There were little holes forming in the front part of my defense sphere. What...? Why would this...? Before I could finish my thought, mini clay spiders crawled out of them. No way...he couldn't have...
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Deidara
You may have managed to crush my left hand, but I took the opportunity to eat some of your sand and mix it with my clay. That moment that you used that sand to guard yourself, it was the end of the line for you. Everything went like I planned.
"Art is a blast!" I made the Katsu hand sign and the spiders exploded.
The Kazekage was unconscious and fell downward from the sky, head first. The ninjas that were spectating tried to rescue the Kazekage while some were shooting arrows at me, missing horribly. Not killing him was more difficult than I thought. My bird flew to where the Kazekage was falling and he gratefully landed at the end of the bird's tail, making the bird wrap its tail around him to make sure he wouldn't fall off.
"Mission...accomplished, un."
(1) - This is something only Prince of Tennis fans would get. I was writing this during the time I was chatting with glitterthorn and we uhh...-shifts eyes- got..."carried away" with soda...and in Prince of Tennis, the main character Ryoma Echizen is obsessed with the drink Ponta. It's kinda like Fanta but it's not real (to my knowledge). So I just added that for the kick of it.
(2) -Thank you means "arigatou" in Japanese.
(3) -I don't know what to call them, and I was thinking about Eyeshield 21 when I wrote that bit so I decided to just call 'em slaves (like Hiruma with his many servants).
This is like, the longest chapter I've ever wrote (4,357 words). Sorry if I bored you to death there. But honestly, it was fun to write! Mostly because I was watching Deidara vs Gaara (subbed) on YouTube and wrote about their every action and direct quotes. I should do that more often. Well, I will, next chapter. Boy is that gonna be long...I think I might have to spilt it in two or three chapters. Meh...